Senior Water & Wastewater Process Engineer — Design Lead

Avove Utilities; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Company car or car allowance

Company pension

Life assurance

Family friendly policies

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Avove Utilities is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join our Water Design Team. You will deliver robust process design for water and wastewater projects, spanning feasibility to construction and delivering unit process selections, calculations, flow diagrams and technical documentation.

You will lead process safety studies and collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team while mentoring early-career engineers and maintaining industry best practices.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in the design and optimisation of water and/or wastewater treatment processes.
• Experience on site, including surveys, optimisation and commissioning activities.
• Experience contributing to or leading process safety studies; DSEAR desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical reports.
• Collaborative team player able to lead within a multi-disciplinary team and meet deadlines.
• Proactive approach to professional development and technical improvement.
• Degree (or equivalent) in a process-related engineering discipline.
• Membership of IChemE or CIWEM, or willingness to obtain membership.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of practical and compliant process engineering solutions aligned with project scope and client requirements.
• Deliver process design outputs, including calculations, flow and mass balances, and process flow diagrams.
• Contribute to P&IDs, control philosophies and commissioning strategies.
• Analyse site and sampling data to inform robust process design decisions.
• Communicate process design intent clearly within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Prepare and review technical reports, specifications and supplier documentation.
• Apply industry standards and regulatory requirements within designs.
• Lead or contribute to process safety studies and embed outcomes in design.
• Undertake site visits, process surveys and provide support during construction and commissioning.
• Engage with clients, contractors and suppliers; promote HSE and sustainability considerations.

Skills

Water/wastewater design

Site experience

Process safety studies

Technical reporting

Team leadership

Professional development

Degree in process engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Education

Degree in process engineering

IChemE/CIWEM membership or willingness

CEng status or working towards chartership

Job description

Avove Utilities is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to join our Water Design Team. You will deliver robust process design for water and wastewater projects, spanning feasibility to construction and delivering unit process selections, calculations, flow diagrams and technical documentation.

You will lead process safety studies and collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team while mentoring early-career engineers and maintaining industry best practices.